Boris Johnson’s inaccurate comments about the case of a British mum imprisoned by Iran have been broadcast on the country’s state TV channel as “proof” of her supposed crimes.

The Foreign Secretary wrongly claimed last week that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was arrested in Tehran last April and sentenced to 5 years in prison for ‘plotting against Iran’, was in the country “teaching journalists” when she was in fact visiting family.

Three days later she was hauled before a court and charged with “spreading propaganda”, which could see her sentenced doubled.

Johnson has refused to take responsibility for the situation – but his comments were cited as evidence against Zaghari-Ratcliffe on Iran’s state broadcaster yesterday:

Chris Berginsays:

Ddavenportsays:

The idea that this man could become PM of the UK is so disturbing. Why hasn’t he been given the sack? Our country has been taken over by liars and cheats and buffoons and the public seem to think that everything is ok. When is May going to have the guts to get rod of this national disgrace?